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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Cymothooidea

Familia: Cymothoidae
Genus: Nerocila
Species: N. aculeata – N. acuminata – N. armata – N. arres – N. barramundae – N. bivittata – N. blainvillei – N. californica – N. congener – N. cuspidata – N. depressa – N. donghaiensis – N. excisa – N. exocoeti – N. falcata – N. falklandica – N. fluviatilis – N. hemirhamphusi – N. heterozota – N. japonica – N. kisra – N. lanceolata – N. livida – N. lomatia – N. longispina – N. loveni – N. madrasensis – N. monodi – N. munda – N. orbignyi – N. phaiopleura – N. pigmentata – N. priacanthusi – N. pulicatensis – N. recurvispina – N. serra – N. sigani – N. sundaica – N. swainsoni – N. tenuipes – N. trichiura – N. trivittata
References

Aneesh, P-T., Helna, H.K., Valarmathi, K., Chandra, K. & Mitra, S. 2017. Redescription of Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic on beloniform (Exocoetidae and Hemiramphidae) hosts with Nerocila madrasensis Ramakrishna & Ramaniah, 1978 placed into synonymy. Zootaxa 4365(3): 385–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.3.7 Reference page.

Nerocila is a genus of parasitic isopod crustaceans,[1][2] with 11 species, which have been found parasitizing Indian marine fishes.[3]
Species

The 42 recognized species are:[1]

Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
Nerocila arres Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Nerocila barramundae Bruce, 1987
Nerocila benrosei Bunkley-Williams & Williams, 1999
Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816)
Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818
Nerocila californica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila congener Miers, 1880
Nerocila depressa Milne Edwards, 1840
Nerocila donghaiensis H. Yu & Li, 2002
Nerocila excisa Searle, 1914
Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954
Nerocila falcata (Fabricius, 1787)
Nerocila falklandica Cunningham, 1871
Nerocila fluviatilis Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila hemirhamphusi Shyamasundari, Hanumantha Rao & Jalaj Kumari, 1990
Nerocila heterozota Ahmed, 1970
Nerocila japonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila kisra Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Nerocila lanceolata (Say, 1818)
Nerocila laticeps Bovallius, 1887
Nerocila livida Budde-Lund, 1908
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila longispina Miers, 1880
Nerocila loveni Bovallius, 1887
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila munda Harger, 1873
Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Nerocila phaiopleura Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila philippensis Bovallius, 1887
Nerocila pigmentata Bal & Joshi, 1959
Nerocila priacanthusi Jalaja Kumari, Hanumantha Rao & Shyam
Nerocila pulicatensis Jayadev Babu & Sanjeeva Raj, 1980
Nerocila recurvispina Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila serra Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila sigani Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Nerocila sundaica Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818
Nerocila tenuipes Dana, 1853
Nerocila trichiura (Miers, 1878)
Nerocila trivittata Bleeker, 1857

References

Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2021). "Nerocila Leach, 1818". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
"IRMNG - Nerocila Leach, 1818". www.irmng.org. 2021-05-13.
Trilles, Jean-Paul; Rameshkumar, Ganapathy; Ravichandran, Samuthirapandian (2013). "Nerocila species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from Indian marine fishes". Parasitology Research. 112 (3): 1273–1286. doi:10.1007/s00436-012-3263-5. PMC 3580147. PMID 23324945

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